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Content Management Tutorial

  • 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 Admin Login
    • 1.2 Site Login
    • 1.3 Viewing the Site
  • 2 First Steps
    • 2.1 Article & Menu-Item
    • 2.2 Creating a Category
    • 2.3 Category Menu-Item
    • 2.4 Featured Articles
    • 2.5 Save to Menu
  • 3 WYSIWYG Editor
    • 3.1 Bold, Italic & More
    • 3.2 Headings
    • 3.3 Lists
    • 3.4 Links
    • 3.5 Tables
  • 4 Images
    • 4.1 Images in Articles
    • 4.2 Managing Media
    • 4.3 Intro & Full Article Image
  • 5 Delete, Archive & Filter
    • 5.1 Filter Articles
    • 5.2 Delete Articles
    • 5.3 Archive Articles
  • 6 Pagination & Read More
    • 6.1 Pagination
    • 6.2 Read More
  • 7 Publishing & Access
    • 7.1 Publishing Articles and Categories
    • 7.2 Publishing Menu Items
    • 7.3 Timed Publishing
    • 7.4 View Access Restrictions
    • 7.5 Locking an Article
    • 7.6 Article Permissions
  • 8 URLs
    • 8.1 SEF URLs
    • 8.2 Article URLs
  • 9 Modules
    • 9.1 Custom Module
    • 9.2 Menu Item Modules
  • 10 Menus
    • 10.1 Submenus
    • 10.2 Split Menus
    • 10.3 Display Options Hierarchy
    • 10.4 Adding a New Menu
  • 11 Tags
    • 11.1 Content Tags
  • 12 Metadata
    • 12.1 Article Metadata
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2 First Steps with Articles, Menu-Items and Categories

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What are articles, menu items, and categories, and how are they related?

  • 2.1 Article & Menu Item: creating an article and publishing it under a menu item
  • 2.2 Creating a Category: creating a category and sub-category
  • 2.3 Category Menu Item: menu items for a category of articles
  • 2.4 Featured Articles: featuring articles on the homepage
  • 2.5 Save to Menu: a shortcut for saving an article or category together with its menu item
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